Indo-Pak rivalry can be very costly for us: Tanin

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Observing that proxy war inside Afghanistan is neither good for his country nor the region, the Afghan Ambassador to the United Nations, Zahir Tanin, has said rivalry between India and Pakistan can cost very dearly to his country.

Emphasising that Afghanistan needs both India and Pakistan to continue to cooperate with his country, Tanin told the PTI in an exclusive interview: "Rivalry between Pakistan and India, when it comes to Afghanistan can be costly for the stability of Afghanistan.

As Afghanistan enters the phase of "transition strategy", post-London conference, he said there is a responsibility for the region also that instead of starting to see the things as end game; they should see it into how this transition would be transition from war to peace.

"In Afghanistan, the idea of taking out India or Pakistan is not useful, not possible and has very little chance of success. From our point of view, it is important for political stability and economic prosperity of Afghanistan that India and Pakistan have a constructive role in Afghanistan," he said.

"But if we go back towards the mentality of the 1990s, I am not sure, such a scenario would succeed," Tanin said adding Afghanistan would like to continue its relationship with both countries as its neighbours as with each of them Afghanistan has historic cultural and political relationship.

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